The reservation is bisected by the Canadian border, with the St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Council governing the southern half and the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne governing the northern half. Following the Corps’ decision, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe moved for partial summary judgment in the federal District Court. PREV NEXT Order PrintsAKWESASNE — The St. Regis Mohawk Tribe has signed onto an amicus brief filed in federal court by a Native American women’s group regarding the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota. The St. Regis Mohawk Tribe’s Three Sisters Program has also offered its support, along with 118 tribal communities and organizations, in an effort to prevent further acts of violence and crimes. The Standing Rock tribe has also noted that the area is considered its ancestral territory and recognized as its property by previous treaties with the federal government.

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FBI Director James Comey is asking the Justice Department to publicly refute President Trump’s unsubstantiated claims that former President Obama ordered Trump’s phones be wiretapped during the 2016 presidential campaign. FBI Director Comey, President Obama and others have all rejected Trump’s allegations, which he first made during a tweet storm on Saturday. He went on to tweet, “How low has President Obama gone to tapp my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Trump spokesperson Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaking to Martha Raddatz on ABC’s “This Week” Sunday. It appears the “information” Trump spokesperson Sarah Huckabee Sanders is referring to is a Breitbart article that has been circulated within the White House.

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Dakota Access Firm Triumphs Over Tribe’s Challenge to Pipeline

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In addition to Dakota Access, Trump also urged the expediting of TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL pipeline project previously blocked by Obama. This is at least the third time Boasberg, appointed in 2011 by former President Barack Obama, has denied a bid to block pipeline project progress. It is undisputed that treaty rights promise the Standing Rock Sioux sufficient safe drinking water, Hasselman said. The case is Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 16-cv-1534, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia (Washington). Energy Transfer Partners LP will soon send oil through its controversial Dakota Access pipeline, having defeated a Native American tribe’s effort to prevent that on religious grounds.